When to go · Tokyo
Tokyo in November
Great month. Leaves late November.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 17° / 9°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 8
- Crowds
- High
- Japan overall
- Prices
- High
- Japan overall
Verdict
Leaves late November.
Weather in November
- TokyoHighs around 17 °C, lows around 9 °C, rain on about 8 days
- Honshū cities, Japan · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshimabest weather
Rainy season June to mid-July; humid heat July–August; typhoon risk peaks in September.
Autumn season
Ginkgo avenues turn gold in late November (Jingū Gaien), maples in Rikugien and Shinjuku Gyoen, sumo in September.
Watch: Early-autumn typhoons.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Tokyo International Film Festival check
Late October – early November (check) · Hibiya and Ginza
Screenings with English subtitles; open to the public.
Tori-no-ichi fairs check
Rooster days in November (two or three a year) · Ōtori Shrine, Asakusa; Hanazono Shrine, Shinjuku
Night fairs selling decorated bamboo rakes for luck; crowded late into the night.
Autumn leaves check
Late November – early December · Rikugien, Jingū Gaien ginkgo avenue, Shinjuku Gyoen, Koishikawa Kōrakuen
Evening garden illuminations with timed tickets; ginkgo avenue packed on weekends.
Winter illuminations
Mid-November to December or February · Marunouchi, Roppongi, Omotesandō, Shibuya
Free light displays along main streets; crowded on weekends before Christmas.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- High
- Prices · Japan overall
- High
Japan overall: Autumn leaves in Kyoto and Tokyo: excellent weather, peak hotel prices mid-to-late month.
High-price month: see what to book ahead.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings